REACTION: Knicks take a 3-2 lead vs. Pacers 👀 This was a CHESS MATCH - Udonis Haslem | SportsCenter

3-time NBA Champion Udonis Haslen joins SportsCenter to react to the New York Knicks' Game 5 win over the Indiana Pacers. NY now holds a 3-2 series lead and are one win away from the Eastern Conference Finals.
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[@willn8664]

The Knicks basically gave the Pacers a taste of their own medicine from Game 4 with the full court press. Thibs deserves more credit for the adjustments.

[@NuLORD66]

Should've made these adjustments earlier it's about trusting your players,that's what makes championship teams so hats off to him 🎩

[@rabeechowdhury]

Nope. Rick Carlistle had a nightmare North Korea session

[@mismo358]

As a bulls fan, hopefully Thibs keep his guys healthy and not run them to the ground

[@vinni522]

Also Hartenstein was the only designated offensive glass crasher (as opposed to any two players below the foul line - as they usually do). Took advantage of MTurner not leaking out and playing on the perimeter only (easier for Hartenstein to chase back and recover). Limited the Pacers transition so much. Also Hartenstein is a beast on the board!

[@S0ME_GUY]

Lost by 32, then won the next by 32

[@rjcupid]

Deuce McBride played lockdown defense on Haliburton.

[@FittedInThe798]

Deuce is emerging as a real talent

[@jahairl227]

UD’s analysis was spot on.

[@rollyjolly3076]

This looks like a 90s Knicks v Pacers rivalry rerun

[@charlieking3115]

Big Body Brunson. GO KNICKS

[@iamwhatiam187]

How did they come up with that name ?

[@viperrecords3288]

@@iamwhatiam187PERK

[@koreyg8552]

@@iamwhatiam187because he’s plays bigger than he is and he bangs into people

[@Zinyzany]

I thought it was Big Buddy Brunsom 😂

[@ashokathegreat4534]

@@koreyg8552 But hes not big

[@asdowo111]

Appreciate ex NBA vets like UD that analyze the game rather than make wild takes (Green, Barkley)

[@StrueSlies]

Barkley does both very well if you pay close enough attention, I never listen to Greens podcast so I don't know about him. Not saying UD can't do it but it's not easy having to do this every night for 2-4 games though.

[@gilfordmccormack8140]

Facts

[@Codessca]

Rick Carlisle what are you sending to the NBA now?

[@naquanmcneil5320]

Stole my comment!!!! 😂

[@jasonr.9863]

That a** whipping we gave out.

[@learhaynes1002]

Lol right

[@jak1165]

Dont forget that Brunson had 39 in a game vs the Sixers during this 8 game stretch. In 11 games this post-season, he has 6 games with 40+ points and 5 games with less than 40. And he dropped 29 and missed an entire quarter

[@nickrush7975]

Knicks really got that DOG in em

[@balmukundsharma4764]

Brunson led Knicks have been a vibe this whole season. Would love for them to reach the finals

[@NinerKnicks]

No sugar coating, real speel, well-respectedntakes from Haslem for sure.

[@jeffhoyer2722]

Great adjustment by Coach Tibbs, role players stepped up hitting shots and crashing the boards, and Brunson doing what Brunson does...win!

[@maxpainmedia]

They got smoked by 32! In INDY! Everyone said they were gassed and done, pacers celebrating on the court, NYK comes back and smoked em by 30! This is prime playoff basketball!

[@belovedhabeeb549]

We need UD on first take

[@mikelowrey2719]

Having a great point guard is critical to getting wins in the playoffs.

[@A11Gravy]

Brunson better make 1st all nba team.

[@Dbo_Sports]

He can’t.. not with Shai. And they consider Luka a PG. He may be 3rd team. But I would take him over both of them at the moment. Him and Shai definitely. Luka shoots under 80% from the foul line, I can’t take him seriously. He takes way too many lazy bad shots.

[@Dbo_Sports]

He can’t.. not with Shai. And they consider Luka a PG. He may be 3rd team. But I would take him over both of them at the moment. Him and Shai definitely. Luka shoots under 80% from the foul line, I can’t take him seriously. He takes way too many lazy bad shots.

[@atrikillershark]

​all nba is positionless. i think he ends up 2nd team. but given that he finished 5th in the mvp race it wouldnt suprise me if he made 1st team. @@Dbo_Sports

[@user-gk3uo5ev7n]

he better play for team us

[@rizinstarz]

@@user-gk3uo5ev7nto pick Haliburton over Brunson looks even more silly now in my opinion

[@NuLORD66]

NBA FEELS RIGHT WHEN THE KNICKS ARE WINNING,ITS EXCITING TO WATCH.

[@eugenioreyes8814]

Udonis is right on the dot on this, good one, shout out to Udonis 😅

[@formes1000]

How is Isiah Hartenstein's name not mentioned ONCE after having 12 (!) offensive Rebounds? In a 6.30 min long take? Crazy.

[@JiffydaRhino]

Been a knicks fan since birth. Granddad was a knicks fan. People been counting us out for a while now. One game away from the conference finals and one series away from the nba finals

[@ryanmahabir664]

Let's go knicks 💪 🙌 👏 💙

[@user-vi5fn3kd4o]

BYE BYE BYE PACERS ITS OVER BABY KNICKS WINS IN 6 VS PACERS

[@keizzie8219]

1:48 scott foster getting ragged dolled 😂😂😂😂

[@MrClearlySpeak]

Surprise Rick Carlisle did not blame the refs for this game 😂😂

[@marcusmiller7138]

UD!!!! great analysis on the game. No rhetoric no narrative just basketball!

[@unknownx7252]

Make UD a regular.

[@bassmin954]

Most in a half in the postseason in 25 years, while the Knicks played 5 times in the playoffs since '99

[@Flu_G_317]

Let’s go UD

[@dub814]

Knick's D closed the lane to keep Pacers from driving. Swept the boards & hit the important shots. Halliburton disappeared into witless protection again. Burks outscored Halliburton. Knicks in 6.

[@nondscript1751]

rick carlisle aka Jim Carrey

[@epikmusic]

I ALWAYS see Jim Carrey whenever Rick Carlisle is on screen. He even has a similar mischievous grin like Jim C.

[@rsybing]

Man this image is gonna stick with me now

[@iponchoi]

The way Hartenstein and Brunson were standing there after Turner was pulled away

[@jovantavares4598]

4 rotation player out! They thought it was over! This team is all heart! Balling!

[@Bflo23]

I love the disrespect from the critics and other fanbases on the Knicks. It reminds me of the 2007 NY Giants Superbowl run where the analysts pretty much picked against them every round in the pregame show.

[@jayh825]

Give us more UD please love his breakdowns

[@InfernoHeadtv]

LETS GO KNICKS 🍊💙

[@restlessyouthproductions]

As a Pacers fan since the 90’s, this is the first Knicks team that I don’t hate. I hate how every theme of every sports show is from their prospective . If they win.. the theme music is happy, analysts are energized 😅😅… If they lose, it’s “ what’s wrong with the Knicks ?“ and all of the ESPN analysts are depressed. It is what it is. The Pacers will win at home, and I predict war in game 7. If the Knicks win, I’ll be pulling for them because of Brunson. He’s a tremendous young man with high character. I never thought I’d like a Knick.

[@supersaiyanrose969]

Please more UD! I wish NY was healthy, would give the Celts a scare

[@jensenat]

A scare? with Randle, Robinson and Anunoby healthy the Knicks are the best team in the east.

[@Deepwld10]

If Knicks were fully Healthy they would take the Celtics.

[@QueseBGamin]

If Porzingis isn't playing, Hart and Hartenstein will look like prime Wilt vs Horford

[@user-is1yo3nj8p]

Knicks record is better than the Celtics record with OG. This includes a head to head slaughter.

[@joecarrano8223]

@@jensenatu forgot bogdonavic

[@charlieking3115]

Let's go💪 knicks win win win win win let's close this game out on friday. GO KNICKS

[@Michael-gu5kl]

There not going to close out Friday as this will go back for Game 7! That said I'm a Pacers Fan and I hope that this rivalry gets back to where it was in the 90s! Oh and I do have to say that I'm not a Knicks HATER but something tells me that your not a Pacers Hater!

[@willn8664]

​@@Michael-gu5kl as a Knicks fan I will give the Pacers credit where credit is due. At least they are not trying to purposely injure opposing players. coughSixerscough

[@Michael-gu5kl]

@@willn8664 I have to ask were you around in the 90s when what happened last night was Child's Play! Back then it was KNOCKDOWN DRAGOUT Basketball! Oh and I do have to say that as an Official it URKS me that there missing so many calls on both sides just like they did when Maxey was literally MOBBED in Game 2 in the 76ers Series!

[@jeangill2004]

Udonis is great for ESPN hope they keep him for a long time

[@diamannimartinez7348]

UD is takin over!!! #Letsgoheat!

[@santo1713]

THE KNICKS SHOWED HOW TIRED THEY REALLY WERE WITH A 30 GAME BLOW OUT

[@manhbx96]

Close out on Friday

[@homerunhitters333]

ISAIAH HARTENSTEIN SAVED THE KNICKS SEASON BY TAKING CONTROL OF THE GAME FROM START TO FINISH. HARTENSTEIN GAVE THE BEST PERFORMANCE BY A KNICK SINCE PATRICK EWING OR CHARLES OAKLEY.

[@pg13pacernation30]

Pacers getting blown out on 5 man rotation they lucky Knicks miss some key players if that wasn’t the case this series would have been over for the Pacers in just 5 games so it’s disappointing Pacers not handling business

[@Okieant]

Don’t do Precious and Burks like that.

[@Adertitsoff999]

It would have been a sweep if the Knicks were full strength. The Knicks were curb stomping teams in January when Randle and OG were healthy. They would have made easy work of the Pacers.

[@ethandean4]

Burks and precious????

[@keesenpatrickpambid5275]

Energy is their friend. Knicks need to bring it in Indiana. Now they have more than 2 days off.

[@reginaltatangan2982]

Jalen got help.. when they make shots, it opens the floor for the mvp to go to work. When Hart deuce and donte and burks give 18-20pts, they're hard to beat.

[@KingSebastian10]

I hate when players get extra tough only when other players and refs starting grabbing them 😂

[@jaimejones1590]

Loving the leftys on the knicks

[@javelldunn3379]

Jalen Brunson takes over for the Knicks bye pacers you getting the taste of the medicine

[@stradag21]

More UD! 💯💯💯

[@darthmon26]

im all in with this knicks team coming from lakers fans

[@isadoregonzalez3016]

I’m glad we could do this undermanned and with less FT attempts. See y’all in Indiana 🗽

[@chapmanandchapmanproductio974]

Knicks slaying boiiiii

[@gregbarry5875]

UD is Da Man!!!!!

[@brandonthompson8039]

UD growing on me as an analyst

[@inttruders]

Is Rick going to submit another crybaby tape to the league office?

[@manhbx96]

Knicks in 6

[@thedistinguishfisherman6533]

This team s special

[@francesco2286]

Pacers done talking about the refs?? 😅

[@AliFrankTheTank]

They only play @ home 😂😂😂😂

[@user-ve7kg9yw2t]

Don’t like either teams but this was a game to watch!

[@NuLORD66]

How can u not like this Knicks team,they lay everything on the floor and with true brother hood

[@kirwinnixon7656]

One thing people don't secretly realize what Brunson is doing think back to when the season began & who were the starting 5 to right now today, Jalen Brunson is currently the only Knick player left to start the season as a starter & no other team in NBA is dealing with those insane facts that the Knicks are playing Brunson with a entire bench mob of players he is the MVP in my book...😦🙈👍🏽

[@Bflo23]

Carlisle put a complaint to the NBA about 1,212 bad calls in game 5. It doesn't matter that the Pacers had more free throws in game 5.

[@MrLeomorris]

Knicks tape!

[@lemmie_live5969]

5:44 this dude has not watched any games this series with that

[@Deepwld10]

The Knicks will get rest and will finish them off on Friday. I think Pacers have better shooters all around but the Knicks have better Defenders, Rebounders and just tougher.

[@GFTRP-pz1wu]

KNICKS VS CELTICS IS A WILD SERIES!!!!

[@Lawrence-dn1oe]

Phil Jackson against Pat Riley in Knicks game!

[@youngfleat]

The coach shouldn’t have to tell his all star point guard to be aggressive

[@Lawrence-dn1oe]

Do you guys know what great coaches played against each other in 1970 and 1973 Championship games?

[@Michael-gu5kl]

I said to some people after the game on Sunday that I had a feeling this was going to happen but I think that the Pacers will get it done Friday night!

[@josiahgarcia7624]

yeah i commented that something about to go down and i was right

[@Michael-gu5kl]

@@josiahgarcia7624 I have to ask you how surprised were you that both Games 4 and 5 were BEATDOWNS? I was!

[@jensenat]

The Knicks will be rested on Friday, not saying Pacers cant win, but this won't be a game 3 repeat.

[@_J_G_]

CBS gets an analyst and clear Philly fan to discuss the Knicks, TNT gets Reggie Miller of the Pacers to call a Knicks game and now ESPN gets a Heat lifer in Udonis Haslem to talk Knicks, FOX got Celtic Paul Pierce trying to sound unbiased agaisnt the Knicks...WTH is happening. oh yeah we still need to get a Nets guy to reallllyyyy chat about the Knicks. 😮‍💨

[@LuckyJackson2020]

camera man almost took a spill

[@nyr14]

When do we start highlighting that JB is doing this for the first time since Jordan, two decades ago?

[@C47vin]

UD in a suit is wild

[@aydent2988]

Carlisle should not be employed😂😂😂

[@natureredux1957]

Chess match, the Pacers got their Doors Blown off.

[@Rayruckus51]

Looks like some people were playing checkers 😮...

[@elliotmedina4455]

This wasn't a chess match this was a slaughter

[@derrickablair1368]

Hey ESPN give us more UD over Austin Rivers anyday

[@giffondhall9214]

Pacers needs to force a game 7

[@jamaicaqueens22]

#NeverQuit #Knicks!

[@WillyKillya]

Mcafee, talk about this first thing tomorrow BOY

[@MaDFroG88]

I can't wait for first take and undisputed 😂😂

[@runnin_myles8098]

Melo at the knivks game not the nuggets lol

[@wasfiahad3993]

Yea where those haters at now? We blew em out by 30.. TiBs sHoUID'vE rEsTeD sTaRtErS 🥴🥴🥴

[@MeloIsMe7]

We seem what happens when JIM CAREY doesnt get the WHISTLE lol!

[@Defi_Guy_]

Pacers don’t have enough Hart pun intended

[@KylerG420]

Love how yall only post about this series when NY wins 😂

[@django4984]

Because we are the nyk

[@jrod132]

The Knicks are probably banged up but they’re still winning in 6 games. Although it could go either way. The Pacers might win game 6 in front of their home crowd. And hopefully a game 7 for them but let’s see what happens

[@miky9619]

Why these mf always talking ny history? On the screen it says nba history. He's putting up outstanding best numbers in NBA history.

[@chocod359]

😂 Guessing there's no more complaining about refers not making the calls ... Because I saw a lot of Pacers dirty okay that wasn't called.. But hey here in NYC we are not cry babies.. Let's go Knicks 😂

[@danielcohen9637]

Knicks can win without anonoby. Jsut have to play smart and hustle

[@lasttwhisper]

Rick cant blame the refs no more

[@MikeKelsoJr]

One team beats the other by 40 and the other team beats them by 30 wow !! Seems both teams up and down !! Who knows 🙄

[@chapmanandchapmanproductio974]

These nba commercials are awful

[@MrTRIPent]

Carslile....you sure you dont want to blame the refs or the league office some more??

[@LOETheFamily]

UD in a suit feels so unnatural. Amazing take though!

[@prettysure3085]

Pacers knicks heavyweight? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harpoon_bakery162]

This was horrible defense by the Pacers.. puke worthy

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

How is this chess ? They rely heavy on Jalen to go off it’s like the forgot to run plays

[@mosescharles]

Don’t forget also that Indiana should’ve lost Game 3. Knicks were control of that game late 3rd qtr until the end where a desperation 3ptr from Indiana won it for them. This series should’ve been over even with Knicks injuries.

[@viperrecords3288]

@@mosescharlesI swear I’m soooo mad Jalen didn’t grabbed him before he shot it. That missed 3 would’ve been the death knell.